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Richardson noted the credit agencies have big lobbyists and they still pass the fees onto the debtor. Sheriff Watson noted the cost of serving papers and it now cost $24.20 per paper. That generates into a shortfall of$188,000.00 so they are subsidizing serving the papers there have been small increases but they do not keep up. The fees are set by state statute. Jerry stated that he has testified at the legislature and no one wants to touch it. The county should be able to set their own fees. It is not workable le and the gap keeps getting wider. Bredthauer questioned why we have so many people on probation and there have been studies From other states regarding how this is handled. She also questioned why the State of Nebraska does not adopt out children so they remain in foster care. Halloran noted that the judiciary committee regarding the population in the prisons and probation has increased in order to relive the overcrowding in the prisons they need to address build more prisons and also look at establishing the regional centers. Without the regional centers they are placed in community centers and end up on the street and then in prison. Mr. Quick stated they need to look at the mental heal issues and there are not enough drug and alcohol programs. We need to address the children before they get in the cycles of drug use. He also stated that the prisons are a big issue. Arnold noted that the county has used the inheritance twice in the last 17 years and we use the dollars to deal with emergency situations and use to help with our major facility issues and it would be devastating if we did not have it Lancaster thanked them for coming. 6. 10:00 a.m. BID OPENING FOR ANNUAL 2018 GRAVEL BID CONTRACT— Richardson made a motion and Lanfear seconded to open the annual gravel bids. Arnold, Bredthauer, Lancaster, Lanfear, Quandt, Richardson and Schuppan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. Mr. Sherlock stated that last year he had an estimated a budget of$350,000.00 but it was cut by $50,000.00. He has $325,000.00 in the current budget and once the bids are opened today he will need to determine if they can award the bids or if he will have to cut down the amount of gravel like he did last year. He noted that in 2004 2005 it was $6.90 a ton and last year it was $9.98 a ton, that is a 14% increase and he noted it could be over$10.00 a ton. He stated that they have a small stock pile but it is almost gone. The following bids were received. CENTRAL SAND & GRAVEL STOCKPILE A 5500 TONS STOCKPILE B 5500 TONS STOCKPILE C 8000 TONS NO BID NO BID NO BID STOCKPILE D 7000 TON STOCKPILE E 6300 TON PIT PRICE TOTAL BID NO BID NO BID $8.50 HOOKER BROTHERS 4